Water Properties
This property causes water molecules to stick to each other.
What is cohesion?
The monomer, or building block, of carbohydrates.
What is a monosaccharide?
The building blocks commonly associated with lipids.
What are fatty acids?
The monomers of proteins.
What are amino acids?
DNA and RNA are examples of this type of macromolecule.
What are nucleic acids?
This property allows water to stick to other surfaces.
What is adhesion?
This carbohydrate is commonly used by cells as a quick source of energy.
What is glucose?
Lipids are important for this type of energy.
What is long-term energy?
Proteins can function as enzymes, which help speed up these.
What are chemical reactions?
The monomer, or building block, of nucleic acids.
What is a nucleotide?
Water resists changes in temperature because of its high ____ ______.
What is specific heat?
These elements make up carbohydrates.
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen?
Lipids are made up of these elements.
What are the elements that make up proteins?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen.
This nucleic acid contains the genetic instructions used to build proteins.
What is DNA?
This property allows ice to float because solid water is less dense than liquid water.
What is density?
The main function of carbohydrates.
What is quick energy.
Unlike carbohydrates and proteins, lipids are generally ________ in water.
Insoluble, Hydrophobic, doesn't mix with water.
An example of proteins would be?
Meat, eggs, nuts
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus.
A water strider can walk on water because of this property cohesion created at the surface
What is surface tension?
A carbohydrate made of MANY sugar units is called this.
What is a polysaccharide?
What is an example of a lipid?
Oils, butter
Give me a function of proteins.
Serves as support and defense, and contributes to chemical reactions.
DNA uses the bases A, T, C, and G. RNA uses A, U, C, and G. What base does RNA have instead of thymine?
What is uracil?